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November 13th, 2015 - 10:50 pm § in Misc.
Abortion returns to Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court announced today it will hear a case involving a restrictive Texas abortion law, which women’s advocates fear may portend reversal of Roe v. Wade. This is the law that Wendy Davis, then a Democratic state senator, and later a defeated candidate for Texas governor, famous[...]
July 22nd, 2015 - 8:27 pm § in Misc.
Get PAID to vote in the Seattle Primary!
GET A CHEAP DRINK BY VOTING IN A DISTRICT 3 BAR! If you’re a registered voter, you should have gotten yours in the mail already. Why vote alone when you can join in TRU’s two-night Voting Extravaganza?? Bring yourself & your ballot, schmooze with the candidates, enjoy drink specials, and[...]
October 31st, 2014 - 10:57 am § in Misc.
Stocks Blast Higher After Japan’s Quantitative Easing Surprise
The Japanese economy has been locked in a deflationary malaise for nearly two decades now, and while that has many causes, some indigenous and unique to their economy (e.g., aging population), Japan is also caught up in the global economic malaise for the obvious reason they depend on exports and ca[...]
Ballot Recommendations: Two Sets of Similar Ideas
Geov Parrish: This year’s general election ballots have been mailed out, and they’re…long. And complicated. Not to worry – I’m here to help. Because buried among the judicial races and “advisory vote” nonsense are some genuinely important, meaningful choices. Unlike this Augus[...]
October 13th, 2014 - 3:19 am § in Misc.
Book Review: Don’t Read This Book!
David Stockman is what’s known as a “spectacular failure”: A high flyer who climbs to great heights and then spins out of control and augers into the earth with afterburners roaring. An aspiring Olympic diver who somersaults off the 10-meter platform into an empty pool. You g[...]
August 10th, 2013 - 10:39 am § in America
Single Payer
Reid says Obamacare just a step toward eventual single-payer system[...]
Lessons from UV for UW
“What Terry Sullivan’s Reinstatement at U. Va Really Tells Us about the Future of Higher Ed Does the reappointment of University of Virginia’s president mark a triumph over corporate interests? Or is it more proof that public universities are headed for demise?” By Aaron Bady [...]
New President brings Hope to Nigeria
Will Nigeria’s new president, Muhammadu Buhari, be able to bring stability to a country crippled by terrorism and a corrupt government? Muhammadu Buhari, a former general, who came to power in Nigeria in 1983 via a military coup and was ousted by another military coup two years later in 19[...]